Tammy
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning palm tree; a form of Tamara.
Tammy by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Tammy. In the US, 57 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 21,193 babies in 1963, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Tamara
Like Tammy, each of these traces back to Tamara: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tammy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Tammy
Names that are said the same way as Tammy, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a tree
Like Tammy, each of these has a tree in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashleyash tree meadow2,549 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Tammy
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